Uber Hires Facebook’s Security Chief to Help With Fallout

Uber is bringing in an enforcer of security to help quell concerns about whether the ridesharing service suitably protects the private data of its riders and drivers.

The San Francisco company hired Joe Sullivan, the top cybersecurity executive at Facebook for the past five years, it said in a blog post Thursday. He becomes Uber’s first chief security officer, reporting directly to Chief Executive Travis Kalanick.